Friday, 29 September 2017

an everlasting hug

I've finished the heart quilt and, I have to say, I am chuffed to bits with the way it's turned out. It's definitely worth all the unpicking I did. By the way, the borders are the same width all around - the photographer seems to have cut it off at one side!

I had quilted it diagonally in sort of heart shapes. You can maybe see that better on the back - the pink heart fleece just seemed appropriate for this one.

I was going to go with a pink binding but none of the ones I had in my (vast) collection was quite the right pink. When I noticed that this one had hearts on it, I thought it would be perfect. I think I was right!

I was going to put a label on the back saying something like "a quilt is like an everlasting hug and this one has family at the heart of it" but I decided just to go with my own label (as opposed to a tartan bee label) as it's a gift. The gift will actually be from Joanna so I suggested to her that she could write something like that on the gift tag if she wanted.

Now, when Douglas was photographing me holding up the quilt, Tilly - naturally - wanted to know what I was doing back there. Silly Tilly! :oD

Tilly revealing you behind the quilt reminds me of Toto in the Wizard of Oz when he pulls the curtain back to reveal the Wizard. The quilt's turned out beautifully, as I expected, and I love how it has hearts in every aspect, on the binding and the back. I'm sure whoever it's gifted to will be thrilled.

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I blether about lots of things - sewing, crochet, dress-making, patchwork/quilting, reading, baking, singing and anything else that takes my fancy. Enjoy your visit! :o)

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